Coaxial connector with integral decoupling unit

Abstract

A decoupled BNC connector includes an integral decoupling unit in the form of a dielectric main body having a parallelepiped-shaped rear section, a cylindrical front section, an opening through the rear section and front section to receive the cylindrical portion of an outer contact, and a plurality of recesses extending through the rear section of the main body in which are positioned chip capacitors. The chip capacitors are held in the recesses by first and second conductive plate springs, secured to the main body, one of the plate springs biasing the chip capacitors into pressure contact with the other. The first conductive plate spring is sandwiched between the rear section of the main body and a parallelepiped-shaped rear section of the outer contact to establish an electrical connection between the contact and one electrode of the capacitor. The second conductive member includes planar sections secured within slots in the rear section of the main body, and extensions which engage a panel in front of the rear section. The outer contact is secured to the dielectric decoupler main body by an interference fit between a projection on the contact and a groove in the opening of the main body, or the main body may be extended to completely the enclose the parallelepiped-shaped portion of the rear contact, and the decoupler main body secured to the outer contact by an aperture in the main body extension and a latching projection on the outer contact.